Genesis 47:31

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And he said, “Swear to me,” and he swore to him. Then Israel bowed himself on the head of his bed.

Cross References

Genesis 21:23

now therefore swear to me here by God that you will not deal falsely with me or with my offspring or with my posterity, but as I have dealt loyally with you, you will deal with me and with the land where you have resided as an alien.”

Genesis 21:24

And Abraham said, “I swear it.”

Genesis 24:2

Abraham said to his servant, the oldest of his house, who had charge of all that he had, “Put your hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:26

The man bowed his head and worshiped the Lord

Genesis 24:3

and I will make you swear by the Lord, the God of heaven and earth, that you will not get a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I live,

Genesis 31:53

May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac,

Genesis 47:29

When the time of Israel’s death drew near, he called his son Joseph and said to him, “If I have found favor with you, put your hand under my thigh and promise to deal loyally and truly with me. Do not bury me in Egypt.

Genesis 50:25

So Joseph made the Israelites swear, saying, “When God comes to you, you shall carry up my bones from here.”

Genesis 50:5

My father made me swear an oath; he said, ‘I am about to die. In the tomb that I hewed out for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.’ Now therefore let me go up, so that I may bury my father; then I will return.”

1 Kings 1:47

Moreover, the king’s servants came to congratulate our lord King David, saying, ‘May God make the name of Solomon more famous than yours and make his throne greater than your throne.’ The king bowed in worship on the bed

Hebrews 11:21

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, “bowing in worship over the top of his staff.”